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Shelomo Dov Goitein
Shelomo Dov Goitein (1900–1985) was a German-Jewish Orientalist who reconstructed everyday Jewish life under Islam from the Cairo Geniza in his six-volume A Mediterranean Society.
Shelow Shaq
Shelow Shaq, stage name of José Luis Peralta, is a Dominican urban singer and composer, a dembow pioneer since 2007 known for the 2025 hit "Ta de Pinga".
Shelta
Shelta, also called Cant or Gammon, is the in-group language of the Irish Travelling Community, built from disguised Irish Gaelic words and English grammar, and undergoing revival since 2017.
Shelter (2010 film)
Shelter (2010), also released as 6 Souls, is a psychological horror film by Swedish directors Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, written by Michael Cooney, starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers; a $22 million production grossing $851,517.
Shelter (2014 film)
Shelter (2014 film): Paul Bettany's directorial debut drama starring Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie as homeless lovers in New York; premiered at TIFF 2014, released by Screen Media in November 2015, distinct from Melgar's documentary and the Statham film.
Shelter (2026 film)
Shelter is a 2026 action thriller directed by Ric Roman Waugh, starring Jason Statham as a former MI6 operative in hiding on a remote Scottish island.
Sheltered instruction
Sheltered instruction is a pedagogical approach that teaches academic content, such as science, history, or math, to English learners, making lessons comprehensible while building their English proficiency.
Sheltered Workshops
Sheltered workshops are segregated workplaces employing people with disabilities, often under FLSA Section 14(c) subminimum wage certificates; also called ADEs in Australia. About 40,000 US workers held 14(c) jobs in 2024 as policy shifts toward competitive integrated employment.
Shelterin complex subunit TPP1/Est3
TPP1 (ACD; formerly TINT1, PTOP, PIP1) is a shelterin subunit recruiting and activating telomerase via its TEL patch and TELR surfaces; its structural and functional homolog in budding yeast is the telomerase subunit Est3.
Shelton Benjamin
Shelton Benjamin (born 1975, Orangeburg, SC) is an American professional wrestler, NCAA All-American at Minnesota, three-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, US Champion, and AEW World Tag Team Champion with Bobby Lashley in The Hurt Syndicate.
Shelton Johnson
Shelton Johnson, Yosemite National Park ranger since 1987, portrays Buffalo Soldier Sgt. Elizy Boman of the Ninth Cavalry, researches soldier descendants, and won the Freeman Tilden Award and Honorary Kentucky Colonel honors.
Shem (שֵם)
Shem, also known as Sem, is a son of Noah in the Book of Genesis, an ancestor of Abraham whose Latin name gave European linguistics the word "Semitic".
Shem HaMephorash (שֵׁם הַמְּפֹרָשׁ)
Shem HaMephorash (שֵׁם הַמְּפֹרָשׁ), also called Shemhamforash, is the Hebrew term for the explicit name of God, identified in early sources with the Tetragrammaton and later with the 72-fold kabbalistic name.
Shema (servant of Jeroboam)
Shema was an official of the kingdom of Israel known only from his jasper seal, excavated at Megiddo in 1904 and inscribed "Belonging to Shema, servant of Jeroboam".
Shemaiah (legendary exilarch)
Shemaiah is a legendary exilarch, the ninth name in the early succession listed in the medieval chronicle Seder Olam Zuta, with no recorded dates or deeds.
Shemaiah (nasi, of the zugot with Avtalyon)
Shemaiah (Hebrew שְׁמַעְיָה, Shemaya) was a first-century BCE sage, nasi of the Sanhedrin paired with Avtalyon, and teacher in the chain of tradition before Hillel and Shammai.
Shemale
Shemale (she-male) is a slur for transgender women, originating as 1860s U.S. slang meaning simply a woman and adopted as a porn-industry category around 1984; dictionaries and media guides such as GLAAD and the APA classify it as defamatory.
Shemar James
Shemar James, Florida Gators inside linebacker from Mobile, Alabama; drafted 152nd overall (Round 5) by the Dallas Cowboys in 2025; 91 tackles as a rookie, led Dallas in tackles in 2025.
Shemar Moore
Shemar Franklin Moore, born 1970 in Oakland, California, is an American actor and former model known as Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless, Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds, and Hondo on S.W.A.T. and its Starz spinoff S.W.A.T. Exiles.
Shemar Turner
Shemar Turner, Chicago Bears defensive lineman (DT/DE, #95), drafted 62nd overall in round two of the 2025 NFL Draft from Texas A&M; DeSoto, Texas native, Second-Team All-SEC 2023, 10 college sacks.
Shemay
Shemay was a vizier of Egypt at the end of the 8th Dynasty, based at Coptos, known from royal decrees of king Neferkauhor; his son Idy succeeded him.
SheMed
SheMed is a London-based, female-founded healthtech startup founded in 2024 by sisters Olivia and Chloe Ferro, offering a clinician-led, blood-test-first GLP-1 weight-loss program for women.
Shemp Howard
Shemp Howard (Samuel Horwitz, 1895-1955), American comic actor, original Three Stooge alongside Moe and Larry Fine under Ted Healy, replaced by Curly in 1932, returned 1947, made 77 Stooge shorts; source of the term Fake Shemp.
Shen Baozhen
Shen Baozhen (沈葆桢, 1820–1879) was a Qing dynasty statesman from Fuzhou, Fujian, who founded the Fuzhou shipyard, governed Taiwan in 1874, and died as governor-general of Liangjiang.
Shen Buhai
Shen Buhai (申不害, also called Shenzi) was a Warring States political thinker who served fifteen years as chancellor of Han, leaving a theory of administration.
Shen Buhai becomes chancellor of Han
Shen Buhai becomes chancellor of Han (申不害相韩) is the appointment of the philosopher Shen Buhai as chancellor of Han, who then directed its government for about fifteen years.
Shen Cengzhi
Shen Cengzhi (沈曾植, 1850–1922) was a Qing dynasty scholar-official and calligrapher who served eighteen years in the Board of Punishments, governed Anhui, and later led a revival of Zhangcao calligraphy.
Shen Chong's wuzhu coin
Shen Chong's wuzhu coin (沈充五铢), also called Shen-lang qian, is a small bronze coin cast privately in Eastern Jin China by Shen Chong of Wuxing.
Shen Clan of Wuxing
The Shen Clan of Wuxing (吴兴沈氏) was a native southern gentry lineage of China's Northern and Southern dynasties, based at Wukang in Wuxing commandery, modern Zhejiang.
Shen Congwen
Shen Congwen (沈從文, 1902–1988) was a Chinese writer born in Fenghuang, Hunan, one of the major prose writers of the New Culture Movement and author of Border Town.